Madden NFL 10 Patch #2 Available, Impressions Here (360)

[True Blue Titan]

there was slghtly better coverage in the flats

slightly better FB blocking. pulling lineman are still stupid as hell

a wonder why they didnt patch the 5 man wedge for kickoffs

thats a major nfl rule change they havent even bothered to look at yet

overall the patch does very little as far as gameplay

[Jump]

I don't know if it's just because I'm in practice, but the ball is spinnin up a storm in my replays.

[nickysantoro360]

The flats are most definitely played better by CBs in Cover 2 in non bunch formations, BUT I just tried gun snugs and double flats cheesers throwing to the slot men are still going to have a field day as the Cover 2 corners are still as dumb as ever (they always bite on the hook route first, ALWAYS). Note I tested gun snugs against the Jets using the phins in all pro (like online).

[buddha9009]

Quote: Originally Posted by nickysantoro360

The flats are most definitely played better by CBs in Cover 2 in non bunch formations, BUT I just tried gun snugs and double flats cheesers throwing to the slot men are still going to have a field day as the Cover 2 corners are still as dumb as ever (they always bite on the hook route first, ALWAYS). Note I tested gun snugs against the Jets using the phins in all pro (like online).

Has the thought crossed your mind the awareness for Corners in this game's roster are too low?
Compared to recievers that is...

[DaveDQ]

Quote: Originally Posted by BlueNGold

Just finished beating the Broncos 38-10 in my Chargers franchise. Some things I've noticed so far post patch: -Speed of the game has been tuned. I was playing on Very Slow and it feels slower than pre-patch. -Blocking is a lot better. Like I said a few posts before, the o-line will actually try to get a seal on outside runs. I also had a TD run where my FB Mike Tolbert ran out and blocked the safety about 10 yards downfield, something I never saw pre patch. EA Sports: Madden NFL 10 Video Highlight -Passing is better. I say this because IMO it feels like they toned down those superman jumping swats. There were quite a few passing plays where before this patch I know for a fact I wouldn't have been able to complete the pass because a defender would have swatted the ball but now I can make those throws. Here's a video of a pass that would have been swatted down before but not anymore post patch: EA Sports: Madden NFL 10 Video Highlight -CPU QB gets rid of the ball before a sack less frequently and also at much better times. I got 4 sacks this game on Jason Campbell and the times where I did get to him and he threw it away, it was realistic. One was when I came from his blindside and hit him as he was already throwing and the other was when I came right down the middle at him and he threw it away. None of those high duck passes happened either. -Wire camera is fixed. My video above shows that it is fixed. Before it used to start off zoomed in really close but its fixed now. Replays for the most part last longer. On some of my TD runs it showed the celebration instead of cutting off as soon as the ball crossed the goal line. There was one weird replay though that cut off as the ball was being thrown. Here's an example of replays lasting longer than before: EA Sports: Madden NFL 10 Video Highlight -On kickoffs the player you control doesn't get knocked on his *** every time. -CPU throws to their best receiver a lot more. Brandon Marshall was the Broncos leading receiver with 5 catches. -CPU throws to the outside more instead of over the middle. -No more CPU sell out blitzes on 3rd down. -There are replays after TD's now but not every time. Another thing is there were 2 TD replays that came up but cut off as they were starting and I didn't press A to skip them. -Chain gang cutscene didn't come up once for me, which is a good thing as before you would see it every game. -Adaptive AI adapts faster now. That's about it off the top of my head. All in all I'm really, really happy with how the game plays now. Hopefully no issues pop up because that game I just played was one of the better games of Madden 10 I've played even though it was a blowout.

Thanks for that. Good to see things being worked out.

[Guffers]

Quote: Originally Posted by dopeboy206

I also played with the steelers. Took them online and lost by 2 TDs. I had 0 sacks even when I blitz like 40% of the time in that game. I couldn't get pressure on Favre whatsoever. The blocking seems alot better. It's just one game I played so it's too early to confirm that blocking is tuned.

Yeah 0 sacks for me as well. I was uber frustrated but I'm going to give it 10 games or so before I make up my mind. It just smarts when the CPU is getting to your QB within a few seconds and you can't return the favour!

The AI pass coverage still seemed quite psychic to me. I couldn't get seperation with guys like Ward. Also I gave up two pick sixes in one on one coverage, where my WR went for the over the shoulder catch and the CB just jumped up in front of him for the easy INT. That is one niggle I would dearly love to see fixed.

[CreatineKasey]

I did some practice mode stuff and I can also confirm the flats being better. Guys really fly to their spot in the flats. The Cover 2 CB's play the flats hard, but still do fall back if no flats threat is present. I bolded this because people were complaining about the cover 2 being too far open. No... it's done right now just like I suspected. So this is to confirm for people that are worried.... it's done right now.

[BroMontana82]

BlueNGold or anyone else, you said that the CPU doesn't do the all out blitz in situations they shouldn't. Have you seen this over the spam of a few games? Is this with default Coaching Sliders?